SaaS Specialist Generix Names New Group CTO

SaaS provider Generix Group has named Thomas Gentils Group Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Among his missions, it says, are defining the technological strategy, steering the company’s engineering, strategy and R&D operations – in close collaboration with the product managers – and deploying new SaaS products and services.

Gentils has a dual degree from HEC Paris in change management for engineering competence centres and also from Polytech Orléans and has had a 20-year career in software.

In September 2019, he joined Generix Group to run the Engineering Department. At the head of around 200 engineers spread across France and North America, he manages all product developments and new developments, the Group’s Research (notably with Big Data), and coordinates the teams in the different countries on these subjects. He will also manage the Group’s IT security, in collaboration with the Information Systems Department.